Mark,

Yes, I believe in flying safely. I just prefer that I be the one to
proscribe the limits. Up to 3 1/2 years ago all of my flying was either
military or airline. I know all about rules and regulations. I have seen
what overzealous people can do with interpretation of these rules and
regulations.

My personal limits are probably more conservative that most people. For
example I have set runway length at 4,000. I have 95 usable gallons, but I
plan to land with 30 gallons on board.

I have no interest in seeing what the minimum landing distance is. I don't
care to see what the service ceiling is ( I know of one Legacy owner who has
been to 30,000' ).

I plan on 100kts on final, 90kts over the fence with a 70 to 75kt touchdown.

What is that old song? "Don't fence me in" with someone else's rules and
regulations.


Lynn Farnsworth
Super Legacy L2K-235
TSIO-550
Race #44


My reply:

Again, we agree.  One of the things that draws us to flying (based on your
post I'll take the liberty to speak for you on this subject -- if I'm
wrong I apologize in advance) is the tremendous feeling of personal
liberty.  I hate the idea of anyone telling me what to do; we already have
enough of that in our country.  Less government = more freedom!

That being said, I'd love to hear your ideas on how we might help others
(who might be interested) to develop the strong convictions about safety
and risk management that you and I share.  After all, if everyone FELT the
same as us there wouldn't be ANY accidents!